Jewel, these Dingos move slow enough so that with a little practice something like that might work.
Paul Franklin ----- Original Message ----- From: Jewel To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] wilst we are talkking about building a house Lenny! On the front of the Dingo, mount a couple of transducers similar to those used in the Kay Sonic Aid, or even simpler, a Laser cane and have the information fed back to you! Jewel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Franklin" <pcfrank...@charter.net> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 3:13 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] wilst we are talkking about building a house > > Dale, my Son in-law has one of those walk behind Dingo Loaders that he > uses in his stamped concrete business. The only close contact that I have > had with this machine was when I helped him change a blown tire on it a > couple of weeks ago. In addition to the loader bucket this machine came > with 2 different sized post whole augers, a trenching attachment and a > grader blade. He purchased it used, and I think that he paid about $5,000 > for this particular machine. He uses the bucket to dig out for concrete > sidewalks and patios, and the post whole auger to dig wholes for concrete > columns to support wooden decks. I am confident that I could operate this > machine as a totally blind person however the main drawback is that I > would probably be stopping and walking around to find out what was in > front of me pretty regularly. > > > > Paul Franklin > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dale Leavens > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 12:31 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] wilst we are talkking about building a house > > > I think I would like to have and operate one of those little Dingo > style loaders, a walk-behind machine. One would need to take very good > care not to have it tip into the digging works or otherwise drop a track > or wheel over the edge of something too high to retain it's balance but > under the right circumstances it could work rather well. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul Franklin > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 11:10 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] wilst we are talkking about building a house > > I was born with R P, so for most of my early life I was partially sighted > during the day and essentially blind at night or in low light situations. > While growing up in the hills of rural Connecticut, I learned to operate > all types of excavating equipment, and for about 10 years I ran my own > part time excavating business. I had several backhoes and front end > loaders, a couple of good sized dozers and a truck and trailer to haul it > all around. For the most part I depended on equipment operators to do most > of the jobs and drive the truck. Occasionally if we were busy, and we had > a simple job like digging a ditch or clearing a building lot, I might > tackle it myself. I really enjoyed using the equipment especially the > dozers, but I actually spent most of my time estimating jobs or trying to > keep the equipment running. Eventually my sight deteriorated to the point > that the excavating business no longer work for me, and I guess that maybe > my intellectual age finally began to catch up with my chronological age so > I decided that it was time to get a real job. > > As a totally blind person the only type of equipment that I think that I > might still be able to operate with any degree of success would be a > backhoe. If someone located the unit where the whole needed to be dug, > using the sound of the engine, the sound of the bucket scraping through > the soil, feeling the changes of balance of the machine and relying on > many hours of experience working the controls of a backhoe, I think I > could still dig a pretty good ditch. > > Paul Franklin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dan Rossi > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 3:07 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] wilst we are talkking about building a house > > On Tue, 11 Aug 2009, carl wrote: > > > has anyone had a go of an earth mover or a back ho? > > > Not yet. 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